There’s an interesting tidbit in a report of the indictment of Lebanese men for smuggling arms to Hezbollah.
Harb, Moussa Ali Hamdan of Brooklyn and Hasan Antar Karaki of Beirut were also charged with seeking to funnel to Hezbollah counterfeit money and stolen cash generated by the sale of phony passports, with Hamdan acting as a U.S.-based conduit to a confidential government witness based in Philadelphia.
Hodroj was identified in court documents as a member of Hezbollah’s political council and has been identified in news reports as spokesman and head of its Palestinian issues portfolio. None of the four is in U.S. custody and all are believed to be overseas, said Patricia Hartman, spokeswoman for Levy.
So he’s a member of Hezbollah’s “political council” and he was smuggling arms to Hezbollah. So that would mean that there’s not much difference between the “military” and “political” wings of Hezbollah. Wouldn’t it?
Can you find the error? Ok, I’ll tell you: the words “military wing of Hezbollah.†This is a gimmick used by Hizballah [my transliteration] and Hamas, too, to fool people in the West. It is used by advocates of engagement with these radical Islamist terrorist groups in places like Britain.
Sure, they say, there is a military wing and a political wing. The latter is moderate or becoming so and thus you can negotiate with them separately. This is rubbish. There is no such differentiation except for normal administrative purposes. The same leadership and doctrine runs both.
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
